Jungle Fever (1991)

06/07/1991 (US) • 2h 12m

Drama, Romance

Overview

A successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work. He's quite rightly worried that the racial difference would make an already taboo relationship even worse.

Top Billed Cast

Wesley Snipes

Flipper Purify

Ossie Davis

Reverend Purify

Ruby Dee

Lucinda Purify

Samuel L. Jackson

Gator Purify

John Turturro

Pauline Carbone

Frank Vincent

Mike Tucci


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$14,000,000.00

Revenue

$32,482,682.00

Keywords

new york city

architect

forbidden love

interracial relationship

xenophobia

crack addict

frustrated

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